Railroad-rail



W. LAMBKING.

RAILROAD RAIL.

(No Model.)

No. 317,804. Patented May 12, 1885.

WITNESSES:

N. PETERS Frwwutho m hnr. Walhingtun. llC.

NMED STATES ATENr FFICEO \VILLIAM LAMBKING, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,804, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed March 17, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM LAMBKING, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Rails, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top or plan viewof a railroad-rail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section thereof inline a: m, Fig. 1. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a railroad-rail which is formed with lugs,whereby it may be spiked or otherwise secured to the sides of thestringer, thus avoiding piercing of the face of the rail and economy inspikes, which, when employed in rails of usual construction, have theirheads worn out by the wheels of cars and vehicles running thereon.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a railroad-rail, which is formedon its sides with downwardly -projecting perforated lugs or eyes 13, thesame being adapted to embrace the sides of the stringer and be spiked tothe same, as shown in Fig. 3, it being seen that when the lugs or eyesare thus spiked to the stringer they hold the rail securely in position,and by their use piercing of the face of the rail for the passage of thespikes is obviated, so that the rail retains its full strength, and thespikes employed are removed from said face, whereby their heads are notliable to be worn off by the passage of cars and vehicles on the rail,the economy in this respect being considerable, and the release of therail due to worn-out boltspreventcd.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A railroad-rail formed with perforated lugs or cars, substantially asdescribed.

WILLIAM LAMBKING.

Witnesses:

J OHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. 1?. GRANT.

